Tipsheet: Support for Virginia's Northam withers as Dems urge him to step down

View in your browser     Support for Northam withers as Dems urge him to step down BY TAL AXELROD Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) saw his support within the Commonwealth wither Friday night with mounting calls from members of his own party for him to resign after he admitted to appearing in a racist picture from medical school. Members of Virginia’s congressional delegation began calling Northam on Friday night and privately urged him to resign, a source familiar with the calls told The Hill. Various national Democratic officials also publicly called for him to step down. Read the full story here     Congress in painful start to avoid second shutdown BY JORDAIN CARNEY Negotiations to avert a partial government shutdown are off to a painfully slow start, with few signs a deal will be forthcoming as Congress heads into week two of the tight three-week timeframe. Read the full story here     Five takeaways on Trump decision to suspend nuclear treaty with Russia BY REBECCA KHEEL AND MORGAN CHALFANT  The Trump administration on Friday announced long-anticipated plans to stop complying with a Soviet-era arms control pact with Russia, the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Read the full story here     Trump to decry 'decades of political stalemate' in State of the Union BY JORDAN FABIAN President Trump is seeking to deliver a bipartisan, optimistic State of the Union address next Tuesday despite the divisive political atmosphere in Washington fueled by the threat of another government shutdown, according to his staff.  Read the full story here       McAuliffe calls on Northam to resign: Situation in Virginia is ‘untenable’ BY TAL AXELROD Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) called on his successor Ralph Northam (D) to resign late Friday after Northam admitted he appeared in a picture showing a man wearing blackface and another dressed in a Ku Klux Klan robe. Read the full story here     2020 Dems call on Northam to resign BY TAL AXELROD Multiple Democratic presidential candidates came out Friday calling for Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) to resign over his appearance in a picture showing a man wearing blackface and another dressed in a Ku Klux Klan robe. Read the full story here     Trump: Pelosi is 'very bad for our country' BY OWEN DAUGHERTY President Trump ripped Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in an interview set to air this weekend, saying she is “very bad for our country.” Read the full story here     Schumer aide dismissed last year over 'inappropriate encounters' BY TAL AXELROD   Sen. Charles Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) longtime communications director Matt House was pushed out late last year after it was revealed he was having "inappropriate encounters" with junior staffers. Read the full story here     Trump: 'Good chance' I will declare emergency to build wall BY JORDAN FABIAN President Trump said Friday there is a “good chance” he will declare a national emergency to circumvent Congress and build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Read the full story here     White House takes victory lap on jobs numbers: ‘We told you so' BY TAL AXELROD The White House took a victory lap Friday after the Labor Department announced 304,000 jobs were created in January, some 139,000 more than economists anticipated. Read the full story here     The president owes our nation's federal civil servants far more than missed paychecks BY EDGAR CHEN AND JULIE ZEBRAK Opinion | After finally relenting to reopen the government in the wake of the longest shutdown in the nation’s history, President Trump thanked federal employees for their “extraordinary devotion,” calling them “incredible patriots.” If only the president knew or understood the true extent of their sacrifice. Read the full story here     Crisis at our southern border is real and growing worse without the wall BY BUCK SEXTON Opinion | The border crisis has been decades in the making. Much of it can be fixed in a matter of months, but only if partisanship gives way to sound policy. With another possible shutdown looming, the American people will see over the next few weeks who is serious, and who is just playing politics. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Groups use drug industry’s tactics to get doctors to be cautious about narcotics BY CAROLYN Y. JOHNSON The opioid crisis and a series of high-profile lawsuits against drugmakers, including Purdue Pharma and Insys, have put a national spotlight on aggressive pharmaceutical marketing campaigns to persuade doctors to prescribe their drugs, sometimes with scant attention to safety issues Read the full story here     The New York Times: For N.F.L. Retirees, Opioids Bring More Pain BY KEN BELSON Putting up with pain — a lot of it — has for decades been central to the bargain of playing for glory and money in the N.F.L., the biggest stage in American sports. Read the full story here     CNN: Trump administration defends efforts to identify and reunify separated children BY PRISCILLA ALVAREZ The Trump administration defended its efforts to identify and reunify migrant children who had been separated from their undocumented parents along the US-Mexico border in a response to a court order filed Friday. Read the full story here     Reuters: Iran unveils long-range cruise missile on revolution anniversary BY REUTERS Iran unveiled a new cruise missile with a range of 1,300 km (800 miles) on Saturday during celebrations marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, state television reported. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Red Cross talks to US about risks of sending Venezuela aid BY LUIS ALONSO LUGO The International Committee of the Red Cross has talked to the United States about the risks of delivering humanitarian aid to Venezuela without the approval of security forces loyal to President Nicolas Maduro, an official with the agency said Friday. Read the full story here   Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet     You might like         Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.